Jillian Murphy
Extended Day Teacher Specialist
📧 Email: jlmurphy2@aacps.org
☎️ Office Phone: 410-280-1501 (9:00am-4:30pm M-F)
📱 Mobile: 410-570-8164 (call or text)
📞 Google Voice: 302-464-0054 (call or text)
👥 Request Form to meet with Mrs. Murphy (students only) for Extended Day counseling.
Mrs. Murphy is an arts administrator, educator, choreographer and performer. She is currently the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Performing and Visual Arts Magnet Program’s High School Extended Day Teacher Specialist where she is responsible for HS Extended Day and HS Summer Bridge. She has been with the PVA Program since 2017.
From 2005-2017 she was the director of the Annapolis High School Dance Program - where she directed the Annapolis High School Dance Company and Junior Company and taught both dance and physical education. From 2010-2014 she co-directed the Anne Arundel County Dance Ensemble.
Mrs. Murphy holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Towson University in Dance Performance and Education, and a Masters Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from McDaniel College.
She has performed with DragonFly Dance Experiment, Stephanie Powell Dance Ensemble, Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Towson University, and in high school, she was a member of the Broadneck High School Dance Company and the Anne Arundel County Dance Ensemble.
Mrs. Scott is very excited to be the assistant principal of Studio 39! She has been dancing for 30 years as well as choreographing and directing school musicals. She was a competitive dancer for nine years, and then later danced with the professional dance company Baltimore Dance Attack, where she also taught the competitive dance students.
After graduating in 2010 with a Bachelors in Mass Communication, Journalism & New Media from Towson University, her love of dance led to her opening and owning her former dance studio, Underground Dance Academy, that fall. At UDA, she taught dance in the styles of jazz, lyrical, tap, hip hop and musical theater, and coached her competitive dancers to become a national award winning dance team. Her love of teaching dance is what led to her desire to pursue teaching in a public school setting. Mrs. Scott received a Master of Arts in Teaching from Towson University and an Administration Certification from Loyola University. She then went on to teach English, AVID, and GCC, as well as being a school performance coach and assistant administrator for Evening High School in AACPS.
This summer was Mrs. Scott’s last dance so that she could commit all of her time to an assistant principal role. Her love of the arts combined with her experience in education have landed her in her new home, where she is eager to guide her students through their creativity this year.
Paul Dembowski
PVA Department Chair - Music - Broadneck HS
Lead - Applied Music Lessons
📧 Email: pdembowski@aacps.org
☎️ Office Phone: 410-757-1300
Mr. Dembowski is an arts administrator, educator, conductor and performer. He is currently the Department Chair of the Performing and Visual Arts program for the Anne Arundel County Public Schools where he serves as the school-based lead for all aspects of the music magnet program.
He is also the Conductor of the Anne Arundel Community College Concert Band in Arnold, MD where he serves as the music director for an 80 member ensemble comprised of students, educators, professional and accomplished amateur musicians from throughout the Washington, DC and Baltimore metro areas.
Mr. Dembowski was on the Music Faculty of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland from 2000-2012 where he directed concert bands, the marching band, jazz ensemble, pit orchestra and guitar ensemble as well as taught courses in music literature and recording technology. He was also previously a secondary school band director in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia where his ensembles consistently received superior ratings in local and regional festivals as well as numerous awards for marching and jazz performance.
Mr. Dembowski is currently the President-Elect of the Maryland Music Educators Association. He is also a past-president of the Maryland Band Directors Association where he continues to serve as the state adjudication coordinator; and previously served on the board of the Virginia Band and Orchestra Directors Association.
Mr. Dembowski earned his Master of Music in Wind Conducting from James Madison University and his Bachelor of Music Education from Longwood College. He has also completed additional graduate work in Educational Leadership at Towson University, Recording and Studio Production at Berklee College of Music, and Music Education at Boston University.
Mr. Dembowski has performed with a number of orchestras and wind ensembles including the Roanoke Symphony, Prince George’s Philharmonic, McLean Symphony, Capital Wind Symphony and National Concert Band of America. He is in demand as a clinician, guest conductor and adjudicator for numerous marching and concert band events throughout Maryland and Virginia.
He resides in Annapolis, Maryland with his wife, Lynda, a member of the United States Naval Academy Band.
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